Joseph HOWELL

(1857-1918)

HOWELL, Joseph, a
Representative from Utah; born in Brigham City, Boxelder County,
Utah, February 17, 1857; moved with his parents to Wellsville,
Utah, in 1863; attended the common schools and the University of
Utah at Salt Lake City; taught school; engaged in mercantile
pursuits; mayor of Wellsville 1882-1884; served in the Territorial
house of representatives 1886-1892; regent of the University of
Utah 1896-1900; member of the State senate 1896-1900; moved to
Logan, Utah, in 1901; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth
and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1917);
was not a candidate for renomination; engaged in banking and the
real estate business; died in Logan, Utah, July 18, 1918; interment
in the City Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present